SUBDIVISIONS OF NIGERIA

Major cities
City	Population
Lagos	7,937,932
Kano	3,848,885
Ibadan	3,078,400
Kaduna	1,652,844
Port Harcourt	1,320,214
Benin City	1,051,600
Maiduguri	1,044,497
Zaria	1,018,827

Nigeria is divided into thirty-six states and one Federal Capital Territory, which are further sub-divided into 774 Local Government Areas(LGAs). The plethora of states, of which there were only three at independence, reflect the country's tumultuous history and the difficulties of managing such a heterogeneous national entity at all levels of government. In some contexts, the states are aggregated into six geopolitical zones: North West, North East, North Central, South East, South South, and South West.

Nigeria has six cities with a population of over 1 million people (from largest to smallest: Lagos, Kano, Ibadan, Kaduna, Port Harcourt, and Benin City). Lagos is the largest city in sub-Saharan Africa, with a population of over 8 million in its urban area alone. However, these figures are regularly disputed in Nigeria.

A clickable map of Nigeria exhibiting its 36 states and the federal capital territory. States Anambra Enugu Akwa Ibom Adamawa Abia Bauchi Bayelsa Benue Borno Cross River Delta Ebonyi Edo Ekiti Gombe Imo Jigawa Kaduna Kano Katsina Kebbi Kogi Kwara Lagos Nasarawa Niger Ogun Ondo Osun Oyo Plateau Rivers Sokoto Taraba Yobe Zamfara Federal Capital Territory Abuja wikipedia